Improved table-leaf support



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Letters Patent No. 91,397, dated June -l5, 1869.

IMPROED TABLE-LEAF SUPPORT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it l1mi/y concern T Be it known that I, CHARLES P. WING, of Lyonsville, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a' new and improved Table-Leaf Support;

- 4 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled'in the art to make and nsethe same,

`reference being had to the accompanying drawing,

forming part of this speciiieatiomiin which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of a table to 4which my improvement has been attached, taken l My invention has for its object to furnish a simple,

convenient, and secure support for table-leaves, which shall be so constructed that it maybe operated to seieure or release the leaves without its being necessary to stoop andreaoh under the* leaves to operate the ters Patent, is

support; and It consists in the combination of a pivoted' and jjointedbrace-bar, and the. catch and trip-cord, as hereinafter more fully described.

. A represents the frame, B the top, and C the leaves i of the table, about the construction of which parte there is nothing new. l

D is a jointed brace-bar, the end of the short arm i Aof which is pivoted tothe under side of the table-top B, and the end of therlong arm of which is pivoted to the under side of the table-leaf C, as shown in iig. 1.

The long arm of the jointed brace D should be bent or curved to pass around the lower edge of the'side bar of the frameA of the table.

E is a catch or hook, pivoted to the side bar of the frame A, and the movement or play of which may be limited by s top-pins attached to said bar.

The catch E should be weighted or made heavy, so that it may be held down by its own weight in such a position as to catch upon the long arm of the jointed brace D, when the table-leaf is raised, so as to hold the said leaf securely extended.

F is the trip-cord, one end of' which is attached to the catch E, and its other end is attached to the top of the table, at or near its end edge, so that by a slight pull upon the cord F, the catch E may be withdrawn from the jointed brace D, allowing the leaf to be low ered.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Let The combination of the jointed brace-bar D with the catch E and cord F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES l?. WING.

Witnesses:

' GEO. B. BRUCE,

ELDRIDGE S. ANDRUS. 

